Hey friends, I hope the week is treating you right. We’re two sleeps away from a new year (at least on this side of the world anyway) and I was reminded by Jennifer @ My Book Joy about this fun book tag! ✨ I totally forgot that the Spotify Wrapped Book Tag existed but I think I did a pretty decent job at matching songs to books in 2022, so I thought I’d give it another go for 2023. I think my 2023 songs were a bit more challenging but I still had fun matching and think I did an okay job, lol. On that note, let’s get to it!
Since it’s Christmas, many of us will be away from our computer screens but I thought there was no better time to do the Christmas Songs Book Tag! My family doesn’t celebrate Christmas but I love the festive atmosphere and I admit to being a sucker for the tunes. Unsurprisingly, I’ve been listening to Christmas hits for the whole month and that’s not stopping today! 😍
Caro tagged me to do this one and if you haven’t yet, do check out her blog cos it’s wonderful. 💜 On that note, let’s just get to it. I plan to choose my answers from my 2023 reads as much as I possibly can!
I didn’t think it’d be so hard to choose but I think Lizzie and Rake take this title. They were just SO PERFECT and their romance was *chef’s kiss*. I love them! 🥹
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas”: A book where a character is away from home (school, vacation, etc.)
I didn’t think I could find something holiday-themed for this answer but Ves was away from “home” for the holidays when he found himself in Piney Peaks!
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”: Your favourite “little” book (children’s book, short story, novella, etc.)
I was tempted to go with a novella but I decided to shine a spotlight on a middle-grade fantasy graphic novel instead. This was super cute and had a lovely message too!
“Santa Claus is Coming to Town”: What book(s) do you hope Santa brings you this year?
As I said in a recent post, I’m my own Santa and here are a few titles I’m thinking of treating myself to:
Technically Yours by Denise Williams, The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco by Talia Hibbert, Band Sinister by KJ Charles, Stardust in Their Veins by Laura Sebastian, Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”: Which book turned your nose red (made you cry)?
I’m an emotional reader so it doesn’t take much to make me cry but this book in particular had me ugly-crying in a big way! Woof, the emotions! 😭 Actually, no lie, this whole series had me crying rivers, lol.
“The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”: Your favourite book/kind of book to read during the holidays
I live in the tropics but that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy my share of holiday romances! 😍
Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert, The Mistletoe Bet by Maren Moore, Main Street Dealmaker by Brighton Walsh, In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren, Walking in a Witchy Wonderland by Juliette Cross
“We Three Kings”: Your favourite trilogy
I did read a trilogy this year but only the one so that would be cheating. So I have to share my all-time favourite trilogy and that’s without question The Green Bone Sagaby Fonda Lee.
“Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow”: A character you would love to be snowed in with
Okay, I admit I’m cheating a bit with this one because I’m not picking one character I’m picking four. The four septuagenarians who are part of the Thursday Murder Club. There would be endless drinking and undoubtedly all the stories!
“Last Christmas”: A book that seriously let you down
This was one of my most anticipated releases for 2023. I’d been looking forward to it since I binged all five books in the series at the end of 2022. I wept with disappointment and blocked its existence from my mind, lol.
“White Christmas”: An upcoming release you’re dreaming about
I’ve got a very short 2024-releases list started on Goodreads now but from that list, Tia Williams’ next book is the one that I’m most desperately looking forward to. Also, can we just take a moment to appreciate the magnificence that is this cover, pls? 😍😭
That’s it for the Christmas Songs Book Tag! Do you like Christmas songs or are you over it all? 😂 If you want to do this tag and link back, I’d love to know your answers! Hope everyone has a good, relaxed day and a nice break!
I forgot that this tag existed but I’m glad I was reminded of it because otherwise, I would’ve missed out on doing an annual favourite. It’s time for the Bookish Naughty or Nice Tag, friends! Have I been Naughty or Nice this year? I’m tempted to say naughty but I think I’ve actually been pretty good in 2023, lol. Let’s see if I’m right! 😂
I’ve been looking for a spooky season-themed and easy book tag to do for a while now and I finally found it when I saw Ashlee @Books Are 42 post the 👻 Trick or Treat Round the Block Book Tag! 🎃 Now, you know I don’t read much of the spooky stuff and the last time I went trick-or-treating was back in high school way too many years ago…! 😂 But this still looked like too much fun to pass up so here we go with it.
Hello, friends. It’s a slothful Saturday afternoon here! I browsed my bookmarked book tags for an easy tag to do and came across the Afternoon Tea Book Tag I saved over a year ago after seeing it on Elle @ Unwrapping Words.
Hello, friends! I’m kicking off the week with a book tag this Monday! I first saw The Weather Book Tag on Kyla’s blog and it looked like the easy kind of tag that I love doing, so I immediately bookmarked it!
I wasn’t sure who made the tag but I followed the trail of posts from Kyla’s page to Bookstooge.
As I’m in a romance mood, it seems fitting that I finally get around to doing The Romance Reader Book Tag that I’ve been keen to do ever since I saw it on Kerri’s blog more than a year ago (omg, what is time 😂)!
Hi, friends! Today I’m doing The Firsts of 2023 Book Tag that I first saw on Celeste @A Literary Escape‘s blog last week. I’ve been on the hunt for a simple and easy tag to do ever since I started blogging again so when I saw this one I immediately jumped on it.
This book tag was originally created by Tanya @girlxoxo.
Hello, friends! It’s a little past the mid-year mark but I thought why not jump aboard the mid-year check-in train anyway? I’ve been seeing lots of these posts recently and well, compared to previous years, mine is probably not going to be very exciting but I still love this tag so here I am doing it anyway! 😂
As I’ve mentioned a time or three since I started blogging again last week, I’m still trying to find my reading groove after so much disruption this year, especially this past month. Hopefully, coming back to the community and surrounding myself with fellow book lovers will motivate me again. Plus, I’ve missed you all a lot! 💜 On that note, let’s get to The Mid-Year Check-In!
Happy Saturday, friends! I was wondering what to post today because as usual I’m preparing things at the last minute and when I decided to do an ‘easy’ tag, I remembered that I still haven’t done The Folklore Book Tag. Folklore is top-tier TS for me and one of my all-time favourite albums. I wasn’t tagged to do this but I saw it on Elli’s blog *ages* ago and since I’ve seen mentions of TS on the bird app’s feed quite a bit today I thought why not?
So I’m turning up the track and diving straight into this!
This tag and the awesome graphics you see are originally created by Ilsa @ Whisper of Ink.
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